Monday, December 21, 2009

Convert bin/cue files to .iso on OS X

This is documented a couple places in much detail.

I just needed a CD image convert to ISO format (that's ISO9660)

so I could mount it in VMware Fusion.

Warning: command lines follow.

Get BinChunker (bchunk) to convert bin/cue to iso. If you don't have a compiler, you can get it prebuilt here: BinChunker for OS X. I was trusting.. it works.(If you have macports installed, then you can just do 'sudo port install bchunk').

run bchunk. I will assume you specify full path here or have it on your path:bchunk -v image.bin image.cue isoFileName

Done. Mount it in vmware, Virtualbox, or just open the iso file if you want to look at the files (double-click in Finder).

About Me

I have worked mostly with small companies / start-ups, building whatever is required and chasing moving targets. I still do some of this, keeping up on technology, tools, and trying to stay bleeding edge. (There's too many edges though.)

I like to know how things work, including the internet, physics, science, chemistry, biology.